Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles
Chemists have processed waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
Read moreChemists have processed waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
Read morePlastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and pollute the global environment. A new study explores the global patterns of plastic packaging waste. The study finds three countries — the U.S., Brazil, and China — are the top suppliers of waste.
Read moreChemists are discovering new information to help remediate ‘forever chemicals’ by showing for the first time how they interact with soil at the molecular level.
Read moreResearchers are quantifying the effects of healthcare on the environment, specifically the particularly waste-heavy and energy-intensive specialty of orthopedic surgery. The researchers reviewed existing literature and found that while data is still sparse, efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of orthopedic surgery could make a huge impact.
Read moreResearchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter that combines cotton fabric and an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase — one of nature’s tools for speeding chemical reactions.
Read moreDevices made of readily available oxide and carbon-based materials can produce clean hydrogen from water over weeks — according to new research. The findings could help overcome one of the key issues in solar fuel production, where current earth-abundant light-absorbing materials are limited through either their performance or stability.
Read moreCorals react to changes in their environment. This is true for tropical as well as cold-water corals and includes, among others, changes in temperature, salinity and pH values. Researchers have now investigated how warmer temperatures occurring as a result of climate change are affecting cold-water corals. For this purpose, they examined in detail how these…
Read moreTwo decades of research show a startling transformation of the Gulf of Maine. Many trends point to an overarching pattern: more warm, North Atlantic water is coming in and changing the foundation of the Gulf’s food web.
Read moreMore areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research.
Read moreScientists found that incorporating sugar units into polymers makes them more degradable when exposed to UV light.
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